Yeah. Yesterday. Massive stroke. Like, hugely massive. He had a mild one about a year ago and a heart attack a few years before that. He was such a nice man and beyond dedicated as a physician, especially by today's standards. When I had the ADR last year, he was the one that helped me unravel so much of the mess. Hard to believe he's gone because he just had such a presence.
Anyway, yesterday I donated blood at a Red Cross blood drive that I've never been to before. I thought it was strange that it was the day after Thanksgiving but then I learned that it was held that day every year in memory of a young guy of 20 that was killed on that day. So after donating I looked at the photo boards and high school/college sports articles and noted the name. Did an internet search and it turns out there is a roadside memorial that I pass every single day on my way to and from work that is placed at the site where he died. I know one day I wrote a post commenting on that - the whole roadside memorial thing. How I understand that people mourn differently and that while it makes them feel better it is a distraction to drivers and in the end, may end up causing another accident. Yep. His.
On a different note, I think I rescued my computer. The offending beastie that was causing the near death of my laptop? Norton. Fuck Norton, you know? They used to be great, now, not so much. At least I don't have to consider getting another one at this time.
My boss is quitting. My immediate boss, I should say. She and I work in Oncology mixing chemo and we are separate from the main pharmacy, which I work in once every three weekends or something. Anyway, she is quitting and her replacement is this guy Eric, and he and I get along very well and have since we met, so I think it will be fine. The only problem is that they (administration) want to move us to another building (fine) and have our patients (severely immunocompromised) sitting next to outpatients that are there to be treated for resistant infections. What. The. Fuck. Seriously?! Somehow they think this is a perfectly reasonable thing to have them side by side. And in the midst of all of this, I think our Pharmacy Director is looking to retire.
Still handling the majority of everything with my gram. She is at least doing well. Oh, as of last week we learned that my mother has a blood clot in her leg...
Not that I think anyone really gives a shit about this, but sometimes you just have to get things off your chest and I have no human that plays that role for me. So here it is... a bunch of shit you really don't want or need to know. I'm done for now.
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Thats pretty shitty. I mean, one of the 2 doctors at the surgery I went to died, causing mine to retire, but I didn't like mine that much or the other one at all. But a good doctor is a great loss. Hoping you are blessed with a suitably fine sucessor. Administrators like that are often people who don't know enough to do anything but tell other people how to do their jobs, despite not being in any way qualified to do so. My girlfriend is a Pharmacist and has similar issues. Sorry about not being around, I barely seem to find time to breathe these days, though I make the effort to do so in order to continue living. Life seems to have gotten in the way of life...hmmm. Anyhoo, I shall send a blank cheque for hugs, take as many as you like, but use all you take. I shall make more of an effort now, especially as I come to you from my shiny new Alienware laptop, to keep on here, and rest assured I still care :) xoxo
Motor!!! I was JUST thinking of you yesterday. Or maybe it was today. And I can't really remember what... probably that I'm like, 6 months behind on correspondence. You said it best... 'Life got in the way of life'. My doc will be a hard one to replace. he was the one that did his best to put me back together after the adverse drug reaction tried to kill me. A special man and incredible physician. But we all have our time. Yes, your girlfriend knows EXACTLY what is going on with administration. There is bad blood between pharmacy and the rest of the medical community. The physicians kind of view it as a power struggle or pissing contest of sorts. We are last to know everything, expected to function in substandard circumstances and are the first ones to be blamed. Lol. Nuts. Nuts I tell you. I will be cashing that cheque. I'll get back to you on how many I've used. ;) Hope all is well with you. You can see i'm not around here much myself but I'm going to make more of an effort. This is a good place to be. ::gasp:: Alienware... oh, you suck... !!!! I'm not a gamer but I know pretty when I see pretty, and Alienware is VERY pretty! xoxo
I think this place is worthy of our time, you can vent, and people you have never met can get to know you and you gain a new friend, only without the drama. Yeah, Alienware is very pretty, and I don't really do PC gaming, but it is super-fast for everything and I won't need to upgrade for many, many years. I will update my blog with stuff that has happened, but yeah, not too bad thanks. My band finished its album, link in my blog, you can listen online :)
xoxo
ARGH Wordpress ate my original comment...
Sometimes life sucks. I think its pretty amazing that us three folks can still occasionally check in and ask if we're ok after only ever virtually meeting. For that I'll give thanks and raise a glass of gin to you both, lovelies.
Chin Chin! Ysolde (aka Gingerdoll, aka Breaking the Angel, aka very confused identity chick)...
Hooray for us, whoever we may be today! xx
Ysolde ~ You, m'dear are not good for my memory (the part that has to remember various names...). Which, oft times seems to be like a sieve. And there you go with the name change again. Of course, no matter what name you change to I will somehow find you. Or more realistically, you will find me and I will at the very least always know who you are. =) I believe I have your email address somewhere. I'm going to have to look for it as you'd crossed my mind this past week and I was wondering about you.
This was my first chance to get back here since I posted this, so I'm a bit behind the times. But that isn't really news... is it?
you do indeed have my email address, its breakingtheangel@yahoo.co.uk (not my primary add so don't mind giving it out on here). Drop by and say hi sometime.
I had to suspend my last blog as it kinda became a bit sensitive and started falling into my 'public' domain.
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